Tag Archives: Marathon Valley

Sol 3948, March 3, 2015. Opportunity has rolled up to an outcrop named for Charles Floyd, an explorer with the Lewis and Clark Expedition (and the only member who died on the trip). Pancam false-color images by Holger Isenberg reveal … Continue reading →

Sol 3947, March 2, 2015. Three Navcam frames in a composite looking northward show a variety of rock units exposed on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Marathon Valley lies downhill to the right, while at far left stretch the flat … Continue reading →

Sol 3946, March 1, 2015. The rover’s Navcam took four frames, seen here as a composite image, as it profiled an east-facing notch in the rim crest of Endeavour Crater at the head of Marathon Valley. (Click to open a … Continue reading →

Sol 3944, February 27, 2015. For the last several sols, mission controllers have been using Opportunity’s Pancam (with all its filters) to take a full-color panorama from the head of Marathon Valley. This composite (click to open a larger version … Continue reading →

Sol 3942, February 24, 2015. This six-frame composite uses the left-side Pancam’s red-sensitive filter to show a south-facing view. It spans from the southeast at left (with the interior floor of Endeavour Crater) to southwest at right (catching a bit … Continue reading →

Sol 3941, February 24, 2015. A two-frame Pancam composite details the upper section of the south wall of Marathon Valley in a false-color image made by Holger Isenberg using filtered frames. (Click the image above to load a larger version … Continue reading →

Sol 3937-41, February 20-24, 2015. Holger Isenberg used six filtered Pancam frames to assemble a false-color composite showing Marathon Valley’s northern wall. (Click the image to load a larger version in a new tab.) Opportunity raw images, its latest mission … Continue reading →

Sol 3937, February 20, 2015. Opportunity’s Pancam is imaging the walls of Marathon Valley through multiple filters; this five-frame composite uses the left-side imager’s red-sensitive filter. (Click the image to load a larger version in a new tab.) The process … Continue reading →

Sol 3935, February 18, 2015. The rover’s Microscopic Imager zooms in on the striated rock at the edge of Marathon Valley, in a two-frame composite. Below is the Hazcam view. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. … Continue reading →